Chemical inventories
WorkSafeBC requires employers to maintain an inventory of all hazardous substances at the workplace. The inventory must identify the nature, location and approximate quantities of substances, including all controlled products regulated under WHMIS.
- All labs are encouraged to review their chemical inventory on a regular basis to ensure compatible storage, proper labeling, removal of surplus or expired chemicals and to maintain current records in the event of an emergency.
- At minimum, each lab is required to update their full inventory annually through the online database.
- Each individual lab will be responsible to maintain their current inventory by adding all new chemical purchases or acquisitions to the database and deleting the item when a chemical has been used up.
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For more information, please contact Troy Hasanen or hasanent@uvic.ca at 250-721-8875.